Maria Goretti
Saint Maria Goretti (born Ancona, Italy, 1890-1902) is a Roman Catholic saint. She died of stab wounds when she was 11 after an attempted rape, when she refused to submit to her attacker's demands. She is canonizated and remembered in the Catholic church on July 6.
Maria Goretti Media
La Cascina Antica (right), the Goretti home (currently under the care of the Passionist sisters)
The only known photograph of Maria Goretti, dated to early 1902
A statue of Maria in peasant garb holding lilies and a knife
Maria's major relics on display at St. Joseph Cathedral (Columbus, Ohio)
A large Catholic elementary school with over 1000 pupils in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is named in her honor.
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